[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - February 27, 2015
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Council of Canadians tells Transit Police Board that public transit is not a border checkpoint
Council of Canadians organizer Leila Darwish presented a deputation to the Transit Police Board meeting in Metro Vancouver this morning.
Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter and Indigenous allies call for MMIW inquiry
The Council of Canadians Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter and its allies – the Sacred Water... Circle, the Kawartha Truth and Reconciliation Support Group, and KTRSG Nibi Emosaawdimojig (Those Who Walk for the Water) – are calling for a national inquiry on murdered and missing Indigenous women.
Council of Canadians opposes Harper's "four and four" rule for migrant workers
On April 1, the Harper government will begin implementing its new "four and four" rule for temporary foreign workers in so-called low-skilled industries (such as retail, food and manufacturing) and Live-In Caregivers. That rule says that migrant workers who have been employed in Canada for more than four years must leave the country and that they cannot return for another four years.
Protests Disrupt Kinder Morgan Pipeline Drilling Attempt
2014 brought months of protests and direct action against the Kinder Morgan Transmountain pipeline when the company decided to attempt to do borehole test drilling on Burnaby Mountain. Well its a new year, and with it comes yey another people vs the pipeline confrontation for Kinder Morgan!
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